Improvement in show-stands



0 FW II I III PateniedIVIaySO, 1871.

iii/155@ UNITED STATES ,wILLIAMrIsHEa or NEW Yoan, N. Y.`

IMPROVEMENT IN' eHow-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Lettere Patent No.\1l5,456, dated May 30, 1871.

To all whom lit may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FISHER, of the city,county, and State of N ewYork, have invented a new and Improved Show-Stand; and Ido hereby declare that thetbllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

This invention consists inthe novel combination of a series of glass plates,`she.lves, or receptacles, arranged one above another, a metal base, one or more hollow' columns of metal, a series of interposed washers of India rubber or other elastic material, and a screw- `bolt passing'through the said column, base, plates, shelves, or receptacles,the whole forming a stand for store or table use of cheap and durable construction, and which can beeasily pieces for moving from place to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a` central vertical section ofthe same. f

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in boththe gures.

Ais the base or foot of fthe stand, from the centerof which there extends upwardly a rod or bolt, B, having a screw-thread on each end,

and secured to the said base by a nut, a. C

C C are hollow columns or supports, of cast iron or other metal, which surround the rod, and each of which supports one of a series of glass plates, G G G, through holes inthe centers ofwhi'oh the central rod B also passes. These columns have interposed between them rubber washers c c, and are all clamped Atogether, so as to form' one rigid structure, by a nut, D, which is securell onV the upper end of the rod B.

A stand thus constructed is rat once neat, cheap, and durable, and can easily be taken to pieces for packing bysimply unscrewing the nut D and slipping the plates and their sup porting-columns olil the rod B.

Instead ofthe plates G G G, which simply form shelves, there may be substituted cup or dish likereceptacles.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the glass plates, shelves, x

or receptacles G G G, metal columns C C C, interposed washers o c, and central screw-bolts and nuts, substantially as land for Athe purpose set forth.

WILLIAM FISHER.

Writnesses:

FRED. HAYNEs, R. E. RABEAU.

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